The driver, 44-year-old John Render of Middletown, was treated at Orange Regional Medical Center for minor injuries. He was charged with criminal possession of stolen property, criminal possession of a controlled substance, felonies; and unlawfully fleeing a police officer, resisting arrest and driving while ability impaired by drugs, misdemeanors.

Render, an alleged parole absconder in New York State was remanded to the Orange County Jail without bail.

A Middletown City police officer was also treated at Orange Regional Medical Center for minor injuries and released.